Actor Niecy Nash and singer Jessica Betts have made LGBTQ+ history with their latest Essence magazine feature. On 24 February, the two stars became the first queer couple to grace the cover of the longstanding publication.
Taking to Instagram, the Emmy award-winning talent expressed her excitement over the monumental achievement. “Making H E R S T O R Y.
Thank you, Essence for choosing The Betts as your first same-sex couple to cover your magazine,” she wrote. In a follow-up post, the Claws star opened up about their goal to normalise “loving who you love out loud.” “We hope you find your voice and stand in your truth….
knowing that you were designed by the creator -who makes no mistakes! Your beauty and your superpower is that you are uniquely YOU,” she said.